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CARL A. PETTERSEN, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- IAIALF TO CHRISTINA PETERSEN, OF SAME PLACE.

STOVE. OR RANGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 579,280, dated March 23, 189'?.

Application filed August fi, 1896.

To all whom. t 71mg/ concern.-

Be 1t knownthat I, CARL A. PETTERSEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stoves or Ranges; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to cookingstoves and heaters, and has for its object to improve the same, with a view of increased efficiency and economy.

To these ends my invention consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described, and defined in the claims.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanyin g drawings, wherein, like notations referring to like partstln'oughout the several views Figure l is a right-side elevation of a cooking stove or range equipped with my improveme1its,with some parts broken away and others shown in section. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same,with some portions broken away and others shown in section. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section on the .line t3 x3 of Figs. 2 and 4. Fig. Ll@ is a horizontal section on the line x4 .704 of Fig. 3. Fig..5 is a vertical transverse section on the line Q05 of Fig. et, with the substitute sections or filling-pieces for completing the coal-burner in working position. Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5,with the exception that the substitute sections for completing the coal-burner are removed and the bridge-plate for covering the coal-chamber of the fire-pot to complete the wood-burner is in working position. Fig. 7 shows one of the sections for completing the coal-burner detached, and Fig. 8 is a plan view of the bridge-plate for completing the wood-burner detached.

The main frame or body l of the stove or range is shown as of rectangular or box-like form and is provided with removable top-plate sections a a a2. The stove is provided with a baking-oven 2, a Warming-oven 3, an ashchamber 4, an air-heating chamber 5, an exit Serial No. 1,899. (No model.)

or stack flue G, and a fire-pot of special construction for adaptation to the interchangeable use of wood or coal. 'Ihe stationary or constant parts of the fire-pot are made up of what may be called the wood-chamber I) and the coal-chamber c, with the latter depending from the former at or near the center of the same and openinginto the Woodchamber when uncovered. The side Walls of the Wood-chamber l) are formed with curvilinear seetions h for cooperation with removable iilling-sections c' and the walls of the coal-chamber c to complete the coal-burner when the said removable sections c' are in the position shown in Fig. 5. The lower portion of each of the filling-pieces c is provided vwith a depending lug or tongue c2, which engages with a corresponding seat c3 in the coal-chamber casting c. The upper ends of the pieces o engage with annular grooves or seats c4, provided for the saine on the under surface of the top-plate section a of the stove. In this way the filling-pieces c' are locked to the stationary or permanent parts of the stove and securely held in Working position when so desired.

h2 is a perforated bridge-plate or grate-sec- A tion which is adapted to close the upper end` of the coal-chamber c for completing the Woodburn er when the sections c oi' the coal-burner have been removed. The seats c3 in the coal-chamber casting c are formed by laterally-extended parts of said casting, and the bridge-plate or grate h2 is also provided with corresponding laterally-projecting parts h3, so as to cover the seat c3 when the said plate is in working position. The lining c5 in the coal-chamber c is removed at the same time with the filling-pieces c', or before applying the bridge-plate or grate h2 h3. This affords a comparatively large grate-surface in the bottom of the wood-chamber when using the same as a woodburner- The air which is supplied through the register or damper 7 to the ash-chamber 4.A and the coal-grate c6 can therefore pass freely through the coal-cham ber c and to the wood-grate h2 h3 when the the parts are disposed, as above described, for burning wood.

The wood-chamber b is provided with the customary door b4, and the removable top sec- ICO tion a is provided with a removable lid c7 for the supply of coal when the parts are disposed for use as a coal-burner, as shown in Fig. 5. The lid c7is also equipped with a register S, which serves to afford a top or check draft to the fire-pot whenever so desired.

The forward wall of the wood-chamber h is provided with an outlet 9 t-hrough one of the sections b to a combustion-chamber l0, which extends entirely around the bakingoven 2 to a junction with lues ll, extending through the air-heating chamber 5 to a j unction with the exit or stack flue 6. In virtue of this construction the burning gases from the iirepot are directed first against the upper rear wall of the baking-oven, thence pass over the top and down by the front walls of the oven, and thence under the baking-oven and over the top of the warming-oven to the Iiues ll, and thence through the said ilues ll to the exit or stack flue 6.

The air-heating chamber 5 is directly under the floor of the wood-chamber h and above the top of the ash-chamber 4, and the coalcliamber c depends downward from the door of the wood-chamber through the said airheating chamber. In virtue of this location of the air-heating chamber 5 in respect to the parts of the fire-pot above named and in virtue of the passage of the smoke-fines Il therethrough the said air-heating chamber receives a considerable amount of heat directly from the lire-pot and an additional amount from the smoke-lines l l and the exitiiue G. The said air-heating chamber 5 is supplied with air from the room through registers l2, opening into a chamber or bottom flue 13, extending crosswise of the stove, between the warming-oven 3 and the ash-chamber et, and connecting` through a thimble or short flue lat with the air-heating chamber. In this way the cold air is drawn into the stove at or near the floor-level. From the said chamber 5, at its back, extend upward hot-air or outlet tlues 15, opening into the room through sliding dampers or registers 1G in the top plate of the stove. In virtue of this construction it is obvious that the air within the room can be forced over and over again through the stove and be heated as dcsired.

The oven 2 is shown as provided with the usual doors 17 and the oven 3 with the doors 1S. The ash-chamber 4 is shown as provided with a door i9 and a removable ash-pan 20. A shelf 2l is shown as projecting from the forward vertical wall of the stove.

From the foregoing description it is thought that the construction and advantages of my improved stove will be understood. It is obvious that means are provided for burning either wood or coal and for the combined use of the stove as a cooker and a heater. It is also thought that the disposition of the firepot and the smoke-fines relative to the ovens and the air-heating chamber is such as to give a most efficient action.

The travel of the burning gases and the travel of the fresh air to be heated and the respective flues for conducting the said elements may be more readily traced on the drawings by noting that the heavy black arrows are intended to indicate the course of the products of combustion, while the light arrows are intended to indicate the course of the air.

It will be understood,of course,that changes might be made in the minor details of construction without departing from the spirit of my invention.

lVhat I claim7 and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is as follows:

I. A stove or range having a fire-pot provided with a coal-chamber opening at its upper end into an expanded wood-chamber, and provided with one or more removable wallsections, securable within the wood-chamber, to complete and form an upper extension of said coalchamber, substantially as described.

2. In a stove or range, the combination with the wood-chamber b having the curvilinear side-wall sections h', of the coal-chamber c depending from the iioor of said woodchamber and having laterally-extended lug seat portions c3, and the filling-pieces c with lugs c2, for use7 substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CARL A. PETTERSEN.

Titnesses C. F. KILGORE, F. D. MERCHANT. 

